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• Twitter system 'outage' briefly blocked Trump whistleblower tweet

  29-12-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump that identified an intelligence analyst as the alleged whistleblower who helped spark his impeachment was temporarily blocked at the weekend, with Twitter blaming an outage that affected a number of user accounts.In recent days, Trump shared an unsubstantiated media report and a second post that appeared to name the intelligence community member.It was visible again on Sunday afternoon, although the original account that shared the alleged whistleblower's
  
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• Churchgoers kill gunman who shot two during Texas service

  29-12-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Worshippers in the US state of Texas shot dead a gunman who opened fire during a Sunday service, ending an attack that killed one parishioner and wounded another, police said.The latest US shooting at a house of worship took place in the suburban Fort Worth community of White Settlement on Sunday morning when the gunman entered West Freeway Church of Christ, officials said."A couple of members of the church returned fire, striking the suspect who died at the scene," White Settlement Police Chief
  
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• Hanukkah Stabbing Suspect Caught With Bloody Machete in His Car

  29-12-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The intruder partly obscured his face with a scarf, but there was no mistaking his blind hatred as he began slashing with a machete at those gathered at the rabbi’s home for the lighting of the menorah on the seventh night of Hanukkah. “Nobody is going anywhere!” the intruder was heard to announce.Then one of the faithful began throwing furniture—a chair, an end table, a coat rack—with the fierceness of the Maccabees of ancient Israel, whose long-ago victory is
  
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• Ukraine rivals exchange 200 prisoners in controversial swap

  29-12-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists in the country's war-torn east exchanged 200 prisoners on Sunday, swapping detained fighters for civilians and servicemen held captive in some cases for years in two breakaway regions."It's wonderful, I'm so happy," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists after greeting former prisoners at Boryspil airport near Kiev.Among those swapped were Stanislav Aseyev and Oleg Galazyuk, two journalists who contributed to the Ukrainian service of the US-
  
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• Politicians and celebrities spoke out after the New York machete attack that shook the Jewish community to its core

  29-12-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Five people were stabbed in a rabbi's home in Monsey, New York during a Hanukkah celebration on Saturday.
  
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• New WeWork cochiefs will reportedly receive an $8.3 million golden parachute each if they are fired or choose to leave

  29-12-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Co-CEOs Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham would cost WeWork almost $17 million if ousted, the Financial Times says, citing documents.
  
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• New WeWork co-chiefs would reportedly each receive an $8.3-million golden parachute if they were fired or choose to leave

  29-12-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Co-chief executives Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham would cost WeWork almost $17 million if ousted, documents reportedly show.
  
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• The suspect in the stabbing attack in a rabbi's home pled not guilty to all charges. Here's what we know about him so far.

  29-12-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Grafton E. Thomas, 37, has just pled not guilty to five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary. Here's what we know about him so far.
  
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• NYU doctor Joseph Wiesel claims Apple used his patented heartbeat-monitoring tech without permission in lawsuit

  29-12-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cardiologist Joseph Wiesel says Apple used his patented heartbeat-monitoring technology without permission and integrated it into Apple Watches.
  
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• US hits pro-Iran group with deadly strikes in Iraq, Syria

  29-12-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US carried out air strikes against a pro-Iran militant group in IraqSunday, killing 19 fighters, two days after a rocket attack that killed an American civilian contractor.A few hours after the strikes, four rockets exploded near a base housing US troops close to Iraq's capital without wounding anyone, an Iraqi security official told AFP.The US strikes, which also hit Syria, came after a barrage of 30 or more rockets was fired on Friday at the K1 Iraqi military base in Kirkuk, an oil-rich re
  
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• Taliban council agrees to temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan

  29-12-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Taliban said Sunday they have agreed to a temporary cease-fire nationwide.
  
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• Bolivia boots Spanish diplomats who visited Mexican mission

  29-12-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spanish officials involved in a diplomatic incident left Bolivia on Sunday amid accusations that they tried to help former high-ranking members of deposed President Evo Morales' administration exit the country.Bolivian Interior Minister Arturo Murillo asked the Spaniards to leave even though Spain denied allegations that diplomat Cristina Borreguero and five of her colleagues were trying to help the officials out of the Mexican ambassador's residence, where they have been holed up since Morales
  
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• NTSB: Poor condition of wreckage will slow plane crash probe

  29-12-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The lack of a distress call and flight data recorder coupled with mangled and charred wreckage will make finding the cause of a fiery airplane crash in Louisiana extremely challenging, federal officials said Sunday.National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said at a news conference that it could take 12 to 18 months to figure out why the two-engine Piper Cheyenne fell from the sky about a minute after taking off Saturday from the Lafayette Regional Airport.The plane cras
  
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• NYT Cuts Controversial Study From Bret Stephens’ ‘Jewish Genius’ Column

  29-12-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After a public uproar, The New York Times has revised a column by Bret Stephens that cited an academic paper co-authored by an anthropologist who has been branded a white nationalist.An editor’s note, appended to the column headlined “The Secrets of Jewish Genius,” says a reference to the 2005 study was removed and that Stephens did not know the author “promoted racist views.”“Mr. Stephens was not endorsing the study or its authors’ views, but it was a m
  
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• Iraq’s Southern Nasiriya Refinery Said to Shut Over Protests

  29-12-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Iraq, OPEC’s second-biggest producer, shut operations at its southern Nasiriya refinery after protesters marched into the facility, according to a person familiar with the operations.Operations were halted at 7 p.m. local time after about 700 protesters blocked employee access into the refinery in the southern province of Thiqar, the person said, declining to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter.The facility refines between 25,000 to 30,000 barrels a day wi
  
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• Alligators, Bananas, Naked People and Dogs Driving Cars: 2019 in Florida News

  29-12-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In 2019, a Florida banana managed to eclipse Florida man
  
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• Buttigieg critiques Biden's 'judgment' on Iraq War vote

  29-12-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Sunday called former Vice President Joe Biden’s vote to authorize the Iraq War part of the nation's “worst foreign policy decision” of the millennial mayor’s lifetime.Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was responding to a question about how his foreign policy experience measured up to others' in the Democratic race, specifically Biden, who was a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when the U.S. wen
  
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• Mysterious swarms of giant drones have started to appear in the Colorado and Nebraska night sky, and nobody knows where they're coming from

  29-12-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Swarms of giant drones have been flying above Colorado and Nebraska at night, perplexing both local law enforcement and the federal government.
  
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• Homeowners in North Carolina called 911 to report an intruder. It turned out to be a rogue Roomba

  29-12-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man and his wife in North Carolina called 911 after hearing noises coming from downstairs. It wasn't an intruder.
  
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• U.S. hits Iraq militia blamed in defense contractor’s death

  29-12-2019 21:04 via politico.com
  
  Mike Pompeo said the strikes sent a message to Iran.
  
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• Putin You've Got A Problem: The Russian Navy

  29-12-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia received twenty-three new ships this year. That's where the good news ends.
  
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• Suspect in court after five stabbed at New York rabbi's home

  29-12-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A suspect appeared in a New York court on Sunday charged with five counts of attempted murder over a stabbing spree at a rabbi's suburban house -- the latest in a spate of attacks on Jewish targets.Grafton Thomas, 37, allegedly entered the property in Monsey, Rockland County, during celebrations on Saturday evening for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, knifing several people with a machete before fleeing.The attack was quickly condemned as another incident underscoring growing anti-Semitic violen
  
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• Italian Alps hit by two avalanches, four dead

  29-12-2019 20:57 via cnn.com
  
  A woman and two children have died after an avalanche struck a ski slope in the Italian Alps on Saturday, aGuardia di Finanza (Finance Police) source told CNN.
  
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• Suspect arrested in Denny's restaurant killing, but another is still on the run

  29-12-2019 20:43 via cnn.com
  
  One man accused in a deadly robbery at a Denny's restaurant in Virginia is behind bars. But police are still scrambling to find another suspect.
  
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• Republican senator: no rules, many options for Trump impeachment trial

  29-12-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican Senator John Kennedy, a frequent defender of President Donald Trump, said on Sunday there were no real rules for how the U.S. Senate should run its impeachment trial and that the chamber could choose to hear witnesses and evidence."When it comes to impeachment, the rule is that there are virtually no substantive rules," Kennedy told CNN's "State of the Union." As a result, he said, there were plenty of steps the Senate could take, including forming a committee to hear evidence in the
  
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• Cuomo Calls Hanukkah Stabbing Attack ‘Domestic Terrorism’

  29-12-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called a multiple stabbing during Hanukkah celebrations on Saturday night “an act of domestic terrorism,” and President Donald Trump urged the nation to unite against antisemitism. The attack, which Cuomo said was one of about 13 antisemitic incidents in the past few weeks, took place in Monsey, a suburban hamlet in Rockland County, north of New York City.“I believe the situation has gotten so bad, frankly, that we need to increase
  
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• Man Arrested After Five People Stabbed at Hanukkah Celebration in New York. Here's What to Know

  29-12-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man burst into a Hanukkah celebration at an Orthodox rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York on Saturday evening, stabbing five people.
  
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• Photos of a koala hospital in Australia show just how devastating recent bushfires have been for the iconic marsupial

  29-12-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bushfires have decimated Australia's koalas. One hospital in New South Wales is doing all it can to save them.
  
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• Liverpool remains unbeaten in Premier League -- but there's more VAR controversy

  29-12-2019 20:23 via cnn.com
  
  Liverpool ended the first half of the Premier League season unbeaten after beating Wolves 1-0, but the visitors felt aggrieved after two VAR decisions went against them for the second straight game.
  
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• WH releases info on call with Putin after Russia does

  29-12-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a phone call on Sunday, thanked President Trump for passing on information that helped prevent "acts of terrorism" in Russia, the Kremlin said.
  
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• Looking back at Trump's Twitter attacks of 2019

  29-12-2019 20:14 via cnn.com
  
  The Inside Politics team looked back at President Donald Trump's tweets throughout 2019 and found nearly 100 people that the President attacked on Twitter.
  
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• What America Needs to Learn from the Afghanistan Papers

  29-12-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington must find ways to institutionalize the wise lessons that Colin Powell drew from the war in Vietnam. Namely, that the country shall engage in war only if it has clear goals, can use overwhelming force, and command wide public support.
  
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• US strikes Iran-backed militia strongholds in Iraq and Syria

  29-12-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. launched strike against Iranian military targets in Syria following a Friday attach in Iraq that killed one American.
  
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• Parishioner Who Volunteered for Texas Church's Security Team Killed Gunman in Shooting. Here’s What to Know

  29-12-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The shooting took place at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas
  
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• Armed Parishioners Killed the Gunman in a Texas Church Shooting. Here’s What to Know

  29-12-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The shooting took place at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas
  
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• Police confirm pilot, six passengers died in Hawaii helicopter crash; recovery efforts suspended

  29-12-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities in Hawaii confirmed there were no survivors of a Thursday helicopter crash and suspended recovery efforts Saturday afternoon.
  
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• 'A terrible time to be poor': Cuts to SNAP benefits will hit 700,000 hungry Americans

  29-12-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new Trump administration policy would leave many Americans without food stamps. Food banks are worried they won't be able to make up the difference.
  
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• Putin thanks Trump for US intelligence which thwarted New Year terror attack

  29-12-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vladimir Putin has thanked Donald Trump for intelligence that helped avert “acts of terrorism” in Russia, the Kremlin has said.The Russian president spoke to his US counterpart on the phone on Sunday, and thanked Mr Trump for the information which came via US intelligence services.
  
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• US strikes 5 facilities in Iraq and Syria linked to Iranian-backed militia

  29-12-2019 19:44 via cnn.com
  
  US forces conducted strikes in Iraq and Syria against five facilities tied to an Iranian-backed militia blamed for a series of attacks on joint US-Iraq military facilities housing American forces.
  
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• At least 3 injured in US church shooting

  29-12-2019 19:38 via cnn.com
  
  Three people were shot at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, on Sunday, Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman Mike Drivdahl said.
  
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• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to go on hunger strike in solidarity with other detained dual nationals

  29-12-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is to go on hunger strike in her jail cell to show solidarity with another dual citizen detained in Iran, as the regime urged Western countries to stay out of its legal affairs.   Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman who was jailed in 2016 on spurious charges of spying, will join Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a British-Australian academic, in refusing food.   Ms Moore-Gilbert is serving a ten-year prison sentence on spying charges. She has demanded
  
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• Anti-Defamation League VP: New York City is in the middle of an 'epidemic' of anti-Semitism

  29-12-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The knife attack Saturday evening that wounded five people attending a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi's home in Monsey, New York, has prompted swift condemnation from prominent New York leaders, members of Congress, and presidential candidates, many of whom sounded fearful about the spread of anti-Semitic violence in the United States.Oren Segal, the vice president of the Anti-Defamation League, voiced that concern as well. In an appearance Sunday on CNN's State of the Union, he told host Jake
  
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• 10 years to save planet Earth: Here are 6 imaginative climate change solutions

  29-12-2019 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Giant ice cubes. Artificial clouds. A planet-size parasol. Could these controversial technological fixes known as geoengineering save mankind?
  
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• Gunman Opens Fire at Texas Church and Is Shot Dead by Parishioners

  29-12-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A gunman opened fire in a Texas church during services on Sunday and was then shot by “heroic” parishioners who prevented a bloodbath, law enforcement officials said.Two people, including the shooter, were killed and a third person was in critical condition.“Evil walked boldly among us,” Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn said at an afternoon press conference. “Good people raised up and stopped it before it got worse.” Jeff Williams, regional director of the
  
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• Germany Is Running Out Of Time To Save Its Air Force

  29-12-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It needs investment and reform.
  
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• Winter storm: Snow, ice, heavy rains threaten chaos as holiday travel season wraps up

  29-12-2019 18:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Travel challenges threaten as parts of the Midwest and East brace for more than a foot of snow, ice and whiteout conditions.
  
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• The machete attack at a rabbi's home is part of an 'epidemic' of anti-Semitic incidents

  29-12-2019 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jewish New Yorkers appear to have faced daily anti-Semitic attacks over Hanukkah, and the incidents are in tune with a concerning global rise.
  
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• US strikes hit Iraqi militia blamed in contractor's death

  29-12-2019 18:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. has carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting a militia blamed for a rocket attack that killed an American contractor, a Defense Department spokesman said Sunday.U.S. forces conducted “precision defensive strikes” against five sites of Kataeb Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement.The U.S. blames the militia for a rocket barrage Friday that killed a U.S. defense contractor at a military co
  
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• US strikes hit Iraq militia blamed in contractor's death

  29-12-2019 18:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting a militia blamed for an attack that killed an American contractor, a Defense Department spokesman said Sunday.U.S. forces conducted “precision defensive strikes” against five sites of Kataeb Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement.The U.S. blames the militia for a rocket barrage Friday that killed a U.S. defense contractor at a military compound nea
  
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• 20 million people are under winter weather alerts across the US

  29-12-2019 18:44 via cnn.com
  
  Sundays are for staying in -- especially this week, as a winter storm sweeps across parts of the US.
  
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